After US President Donald Trump announced the United States cut its relationship with the World Health Organization, which he accuses of being biased towards China, the European Union yesterday called on Washington to reconsider its decision to cut the relationship with the WHO, while Russia considered America's decision to end the relationship with the organization a blow to international legitimacy, Germany said Cutting the United States’s relationship with the organization is a “serious setback for global health.”
Without surprising events, Trump, who had suspended his country's financial contribution to the World Health Organization, carried out his threat to cut ties with the United Nations.
In a brief speech at the Rose Garden in the White House, where he did not receive any questions from reporters, Trump poured out his anger at Beijing's handling of the Corona pandemic, and he announced the end of the US relationship with the World Health Organization.
Trump accused the organization of failing to implement reforms in the face of US concerns about the organization's handling of the Corona pandemic, and that the organization trusted beyond the limit in information from China.
"Given its failure to make the much-needed and needed reforms, we will end our relationship with the World Health Organization, and we will channel that money to other global organizations and the urgent and deserving global public health needs," Trump said at the press conference.
Trump also said that the United States will "begin the process" of canceling Hong Kong's special trading status. Trump said they had "broken their pledge to the world regarding ensuring Hong Kong's autonomy."
In Brussels, the European Union yesterday called on the United States to "reconsider" its decision to sever the relationship with the World Health Organization, against the backdrop of the organization's handling of the Covid-19 epidemic crisis. "The World Health Organization needs to continue its ability to lead the global response to the epidemic, now and in the future," said a joint statement by European Commission President Ursula von der Line and Federation Foreign Minister Josep Borrell.
"For this reason, participation and support from everyone are required and there is an urgent need for them," the statement added. We urge the United States to reconsider its announced decision. ”
In Moscow, the Russian Foreign Ministry considered Washington's decision to end the relationship with the World Health Organization a blow to international legitimacy and cooperation in this field, at a time when the world needs unity to combat the Corona virus.
"As the world needs to strengthen efforts to combat the epidemic, Washington is striking international legal foundations for cooperation in the health care sector," Sputnik said, quoting a Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, during a press briefing.
"What can the United States do for the world in return?" Zakharova asked.
For his part, the German Minister of Health, Jens Spahn, considered that the United States severing its relationship with the World Health Organization is a "serious setback for global health."
After referring to the necessity of reforming the international body, the German minister stressed in a tweet on Twitter that the European Union should "commit more financially" after Trump's announcement to cut all bridges with the World Health Organization, which he accuses of favoring Beijing.
"For it to have a future, the World Health Organization needs reforms," Jens said.
He stressed that strengthening the role of the European Union in the organization is one of the priorities of Germany, which takes over the rotating presidency of the bloc on the first of July.
Concerning the crisis in Corona, the isolation measures continue to be lifted, especially in Europe. Italy is reopening the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa to visitors, while the Ukrainian capital is reopening its malls and hotels. In France, the famous "Galeries Lafayette" shop is reopening, with masks and social divergence imposed.
After the epidemic outbreak in Warsaw receded, the masks are not compulsory in public places.
On the other hand, the situation in Brazil has increased by recording 27,878 deaths, the fifth largest country in the world in terms of the number of deaths after the United States (102 thousand and 201), Britain (38 thousand and 161), Italy (33 thousand and 229), and France (28 thousand and 714 ) And before Spain. Scientists believe that the real numbers in Brazil are much greater than the announced figures.
The epidemic has claimed at least 362,282 lives in the world since its appearance in December in China, according to a census based on official sources. More than 5.8 million people have been diagnosed in 196 countries and regions.
Germany: Washington cut ties with the WHO "a serious setback for global health".